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[Nevada Jones]

Nice play by Schmidt.

Off to make/eat dinner. Be back!

 

[Vegan Knight]

Great play by Schmidt, probably saved the goal.

 

[theslatcher]

Exiting the 1st with a lead?

 

[IceNeophyte]

No goal.

That was one of the easiest GI calls I've seen. He literally pushed Sir Robin out of the crease to open up the net.

 

[Vegan Knight]

That was one of the easiest GI calls I've seen. I literally pushed Sir Robin out of the crease to open up the net.

Couldn't even definitively say he doesn't drop the puck without the contact.

 

[Vegan Knight]

That's a good shot pass, wish Marchessault could have gotten the goal.

 

[theslatcher]

PPG!?

 

[Vegan Knight]

Great play by Karlsson and great shot by Pacioretty. 3-0 Knights.

 

[Vegan Knight]

Pirri even looks decent so far.

 

[Vegas07]

That was one of the easiest GI calls I've seen. I literally pushed Sir Robin out of the crease to open up the net.

And Lehner weighs about 240 pounds. Not an easy guy to move. Fleury weighs about 180 or 185.

 

[Vegan Knight]

Somehow that puck stayed out of our net.

 

[Vegan Knight]

Three on one rush, for sure but that was not a good shot from Lucic that beat him.

 

[CupInSIX]

Guess I can't bitch about Holden tonight

Maybe not.

 

[HanSolo]

Maybe not.

I'm giving him a pass for the goal but the criticism immunity is waived from here on out. I have thoughts about his "effort" there but he earned my silence.

 

[CupInSIX]

I just noticed the Sattledome seats behind the bench are right behind the coaches.

 

[theslatcher]

Maybe not.

The Holden giveth, and the Holden taketh.

 

[theslatcher]

Our special teams are awful.

 

[HanSolo]

All right. Who was on the net front coverage? Hmmm

 

[HanSolo]

Nah f*** it. Come the f*** on Holden, sure your partner was in the corner but f*** me the man is constantly getting exposed by parking his body in nonsense areas around the crease and can't skate fast enough to challenge a close range puck possessing forward. Dube had way too much time and space. This is his f***ing job. Sure his goal says we're not tied yet but he's got two huge gaffes leading to two goals against.

The PK keeps faltering and PDB won't even try replacing Holden on the pk unit.

 

[CupInSIX]

Unpopular opinion: the PK would be great with Engo back in the lineup.

 

[Vegan Knight]

All right. Who was on the net front coverage? Hmmm

That was on Roy equally though.

The turnover on the bad pass, he got back then vacated the middle of the ice on the PK to chase the puck. Dube was a trailer.

 

[IceNeophyte]

Unpopular opinion: the PK would be great with Engo back in the lineup.

5 on 5 tho

 

[HanSolo]

That was on Roy equally though.

The turnover on the bad pass, he got back then vacated the middle of the ice on the PK to chase the puck. Dube was a trailer.

I care far more about the person whose job it is to cover breakdowns that keep the puck in the defensive zone than I do a forward turning the puck over. Just like the Kopitar goal I mentioned a couple days ago, Holden parks his body in a useless position and doesn't hustle enough to challenge the shooter and instead opts to drop down for a crouch block, which isn't the worst panic move but it highlights that his positioning and lethargy meant too much time and space for the shooter. If he wasn't so committed to defending...basically nothing, that goal almost definitely doesn't happen.

Not as bad as the Kopitar goal since there were only two forwards in on that play. But Holden could have cut off the passing lane and put pressure on the shooter if he moved his feet. Instead he got caught watching the left winger and doesn't even notice Dube until he gets the puck.

 

[azvgk]

Basically, we need to get it together for the playoffs. We get almost no power plays, and our power play sucks anyway (and it shouldn't with our talent), and we are 26th in the league on the PK(remember we were 2nd early in the season so it's even worse. In the playoffs, special teams mean more, which means we aren't going anywhere in tight games if the special teams don't improve significantly.

 

[Vegan Knight]

I care far more about the person whose job it is to cover breakdowns that keep the puck in the defensive zone than I do a forward turning the puck over. Just like the Kopitar goal I mentioned a couple days ago, Holden parks his body in a useless position and doesn't hustle enough to challenge the shooter and instead opts to drop down for a crouch block, which isn't the worst panic move but it highlights that his positioning and lethargy meant too much time and space for the shooter. If he wasn't so committed to defending...basically nothing, that goal almost definitely doesn't happen.

But if Roy stays put in the middle of the ice where he was instead of chasing a puck then Dube has no space there. I look at it more as a breakdown of the PK unit as a whole.